The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"What's going on?"

Mango asked with some curiosity, but Nathaniel shook his head at her as he wasn't sure either. On the other hand, Morgan had already sent someone to investigate the situation.

But at this moment, Lilian said, "This is an array formation. Mango, do as I say."

"Alright."

Mango would listen to Lilian when it came to the array formations.

Maverick was afraid that Lilian's body would not be able to take it at first. However, when he saw Lilian teaching Mango how to decipher the array formation, he was stunned for a moment before he smiled. Lilian was not a person who could easily open up to others. However, once she did, she would be friends with the other person for life. Right now, it seemed that Lilian had accepted Mango as her friend. Although the results of the paternity test weren't out yet, Maverick liked how Lilian was opening up to Mango. In the worst-case scenario, the paternity test results would show that he was still Atlas' son. However, there was still a chance for him to save his relationship with Lilian if Mango was helping them, right?

Although she was merely a woman, he still couldn't let her go.

Meanwhile, Mango set up the formation according to Lilian's instructions. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind gushed out.

Nathaniel ran towards her immediately and threw himself at her while shouting, "Get down and hold your breath!"

The team was well-trained. After hearing Nathaniel's order, all of them got down on the ground and held their breath. Meanwhile, Maverick quickly held Lilian in his arms at once. "What's going on?"

Mango looked at Nathaniel with confusion as she didn't sense any danger.

Nathaniel whispered, "This mine has been closed off for too long. Hence, once it is exposed to the air outside, it will release a large amount of toxic gas. Although it's not poisonous, we can't ignore it without doing anything as well."

Mango finally realised what had happened after listing to his explanation.

Alas! She knew too little about array formations and mines right now."

After all, Mango couldn't tell what it was by its scent. Meanwhile, some people had not managed to hold their breath in time. Hence, after breathing the gas in, they rolled around on the ground while screaming in agony.

When Morgan saw this, he immediately sent people to carry them down for treatment. Meanwhile, the faces of the other troop members turned grim as well.

They thought that they didn't need to be on guard because it was just a mining operation. However, everyone now realized that this task was much more difficult than they thought. Nathaniel felt that they had rested enough, so he got up.

He pulled Mango up and whispered, "Come forward only when we need you. Stay by Lilian's side the rest of the time, alright?"

"Got it."

Mango also knew that this was a dangerous situation. Thus, she quickly nodded her head, but she was also worried about Nathaniel. Thus, she tugged on his arm and stared at him. Although she did not say anything, Nathaniel knew what she was thinking.

"I'll be careful. Don't worry."

In the end, Mango still let go of Nathaniel.

After all, Nathaniel and Morgan were the commanders, so she couldn't ask him to stay with her.

Mango then returned to Lilian's side.

Lilian whispered, "This is the first time I've seen such a mine, and I've only read about it in the books that were passed down in my family. I thought it was just a myth, but it turned out to be true." "What do you mean?"

Mango knew nothing about mines, so she was very surprised.

Lilian asked her to come close and said, "This mine should have been around for more than a thousand years!"

"What did you say?"

Mango was quite surprised when she heard this.

A thousand years?

What kind of ancient mine was this?

Lilian nodded solemnly and continued, "No one hides their mines with array formations nowadays! This is because not a lot of people use array formations now. I've only read about this in my family's books, but I heard that they only encountered an array formation like this a few thousand years ago."

"If someone had discovered a mine a thousand years ago, why didn't they use it? Furthermore, they also decided to use an array formation to hide it?"

Mango seemed to be muttering to herself, but different thoughts were running through her mind quickly.

After all, no one disliked money. Even if this mine was discovered a thousand years ago, it would bring so much fortune to a country. Hence, every king would want to explore this mine for themselves too. Yet the person did otherwise and concealed the vein with a formation. Why did he do so?

A thought flashed through Mango's mind, so she couldn't help but shiver in fear.

"Well, this means that no humans can mine this place!"

At this thought, Mango's eyes suddenly widened. She stared straight at Lilian as she felt as if her heart was about to jump to her throat.

Lilian knew that Mango had made the correct speculation, so she nodded solemnly.

"Yes, you're correct. Since ancient times, array formations have been used when to seal off dangerous areas. This mine was hidden for more than a thousand years, so this place must be extremely dangerous Furthermore, I don't think humans can mine this place themselves. Therefore, the people who discovered this mine a thousand years ago probably didn't have any advanced technology, so they couldn't mine this place. Now that we have more advanced technology, I wonder if we can succeed."

Lilian's eyes were full of worry as she said this.

After all, she looked at this situation differently from other people. This was because she was a direct descendant of a family that studied array formations, so she knew a lot about this since she was young, Mango's expression turned serious when she heard what Lilian had said.

She quickly informed Morgan and Nathaniel the news.

The two men were slightly stunned. Then they sent someone to check everyone's health and asked them to rest while waiting for the doctor's result.

After an hour or so, the results came out. No one was in trouble, so everyone was relieved.

Now, they had to mine this place as this was their task. Since they found the mine and people from Angolla were eyeing it, they had no choice but to do so as they had reported it. So after a short break, everyone approached the mine again.

Before their departure, Morgan was fully prepare He had requested the assistance of professional min figuring out the entrance.

personnel and geological surveyors. Now, the surveyors were examining the vein as the vere

Meanwhile, Mango saw that Lilian was a little tired. Hence, she ordered someone to carry her to a small tent, which was a little far, so that Lilian could rest. Well, Lilian's was indeed worn out. Upon hearing Mango's words, she didn't decline and went straight to sleep.

On the other hand, Maverick sent people to patrol the surrounding areas. At this time, no one knew if Atlas, who was hiding in the dark, would come for them.

Right now, everyone was moving according to their plans. Meanwhile, Mango wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to investigate the information regarding this mine vein. However, she couldn't find anything after searching this mine up on Google.

Why was there no record about such a large mine?

Mango was puzzled by this thought.

At this time, someone suddenly vomited and then had difficulty breathing. After that, he started having seizures and fell to the ground.

"What's going on? Get a doctor here!"

Mango was the first to notice this situation and immediately shouted.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel and Morgan turned their heads quickly after hearing her voice. Then, they saw the doctor coming over in a hurry to check on the person who fell on the ground.

Suddenly, someone else started showing the same symptoms, and people all over them started having seizures too...

After that, the members of the troop started falling to the ground one by one. Their symptoms were the same, and their lips were blue.

"They've been poisoned!"

The doctor's expression suddenly changed as he came to this realisation.

Mango's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

Previously, the doctor had said that they were fine after examining them! Why were they suddenly poisoned?

At this moment, Lilian heard the commotion outside. After seeing this scene, she shouted at Mango, "Mango, hurry up! Get everyone out of the mine and seal the entrance. Now!"

As soon as Morgan and Nathaniel heard this, they gave the orders immediately. Morgan then asked curiously, "What's going on?"

Lilian was distressed as she whispered, "The mine has been sealed off for too long. When the stale air inside comes in contact with the air outside, a natural poison will form. After all, I think that this mine is abnormal as it had been sealed off for over a thousand years. There's probably something wrong with this mine, and it's something that we can't solve. So Captain Eaves, please stop the mission, or not a lot of lives will be lost here."

Lilian warned Morgan seriously as she had read about this phenomenon in her family's books. However, she didn't think that she would encounter this in real life, so she was alarmed as well.

On the other hand, Morgan was in a dilemma.

"But the superiors have already given us an order!" "Morgan, we're not going against their order just by retreating. We're doing so because we're concerned about your soldiers' lives! Since we know there's something wrong with this vein, let's find the problem and solve it first before we act, shall we?"

Mango said in a low voice as she agreed with Lilian's proposal.

While Morgan was still hesitating, Nathaniel also joined in to convince him.

"Morgan, we have to put the operation on hold. So many of our men have been poisoned at the same time. Look, we don't have many men. Do you want all of them to die here? They belong to the battlefield!" Finally, Morgan looked at the wailing soldiers and nodded.

"Alright. I'll go and report it to the superiors then. I'll leave here to you."

He looked at Mango and Lilian after saying that.

Lilian nodded and said, "I've already taught you how to seal the array formation, Mango. Just chant the incantation."

Mango knew that this was an emergency, so she wanted to go over immediately. However, Nathaniel stopped her from doing so.

"Bring me a gas mask!"

Nathaniel had prepared some gas masks in case of an emergency. There were only a few, of them but he didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.

Then, Mango looked at Nathaniel and smiled.

After putting on the gas mask, Mango quickly walked over and started to seal the entrance according to Lilian's incantation. However, she was new to this, so she was unsuccessful after trying a few times. Lilian looked a little anxious, so she asked Maverick to bring her a gas mask and went over in person.

Her body was still weak, but everyone felt that they could depend on her. This was because she was a descendant of a family that specialised in array formations.

On the other hand, Maverick looked at her and frowned as he felt sorry for her.

He regretted bringing Lilian here. What if Lilian couldn't take it?

But Lilian didn't know about thoughts, and she didn't care about them for the time being.

Meanwhile, Mango saw her walk over and asked with some concern, "Can your body take it?"

"I can't, but I have to do so. If this gas spreads for too long, more people will be poisoned. If a wind comes and disperses the gas out from this area, there will be more victims!"

Although Lilian had been with Atlas for so many years, she was still kind as she was a member of the Donald family.

Mango immediately nodded and started sealing up the entrance of the mine with Lilian's help.

On the other hand, the doctors were trying to rescue the men. There were not many doctors, but many men had fallen, the scene was in chaos.

Lilian and Mango had tried their best to seal up the entrance. However, Lilian lost some physical strength after her miscarriage. Meanwhile, Mango was a beginner who had just started learning about array formations. Thus, both of them were struggling for a moment.

Everyone was trying their best to salvage the situation. However, a dangerous aura filled the air, so the troops started becoming uneasy.